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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1005

Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Block Island Sound, Offshore Rhode Island


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Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sediment Distribution | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts | Index


Figure 25. An image of bathymetric data showing scour on the southeast edge of the study area.

Figure 25. Detailed planar view of the combined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration surveys in Block Island Sound showing storm-wave induced scour on the flanks of the bathymetric high along the southeastern edge of the study area. Note the relatively flat, featureless appearance of the surrounding seabed composed of Holocene marine sediments, the boulders on the floor of the depressions, and the presence of outliers of the original sea-floor sediments.


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